What is the Longest Golf Ball?

Everyone is looking for that elusive few extra yards off the tee.
People look in two places for those yards. They pickup a new driver with the
latest technology, like the
DoubleWall Driver from
Pinemeadow Golf or a new golf ball that will just fly off the tee. Most people opt
for the more inexpensive of these options and try to find a long off the tee
golf ball. A long golf ball is the holy grail of golf ball development. Yet
many things can factor into how far a golf ball will go.

The longest golf ball for someone with a slow to moderate swing
speed may be different than someone with a Tiger Woods like out of this world
swing speed. If you are just looking for pure distance then the longest golf
ball is going to be one of the illegal golf
balls. These balls do not conform to the rules of golf, but will turn the
weekend hacker into Tiger Woods or Hank Kuehne off the tee.

You also need to remember that increasing your distance off the
tee is not necessarily the best way to cut strokes off your golf game. As, Dave
Pelz says in his
Short
Game Bible you need to work on
your golf game from 100yds and in. Getting the ball on the green and close to
the hole is probably more important than adding 10yds to your tee shot. Who
cares how far you can hit it if it takes you 4 or more strokes to get on the
green and once you are there you are too far away from the cup to have a chance
to sink the putt. In my opinion you probably
should work on your short game, then get your putting down, and then worry
about the longest golf balls and your distance off the tee.